Saudi Arabia unveiled its next-generation F-15SA fighter jet at an airshow in Riyadh on Wednesday, nearly two years after beginning air war in Yemen. At a ceremony and air show in the Saudi capital, a hangar opened to reveal one of the F-15SA Eagle aircraft made by US manufacturer Boeing. The sale was a major win […]

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 74K Persistent Threat Detection System Aerostats to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $525 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement on Monday. The Saudi government has requested a possible sale of ten (10) 74K Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) Aerostats; […]

The Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces are expected to procure a modern Ukrainian electronic warfare and surveillance aircraft based on An-132 cargo plane. The new electronic warfare (EW) and surveillance aircraft will be based on the An-132 light multi-mission transport aircraft. According to the designers, the new electronic warfare (EW) aircraft can counter airborne warning and control system planes, air […]

Ukroboronprom, Ukraine’s state-owned defence industry holding group,  will be unveiling a new An-132D transport aircraft in December 2016. “In December we will present new aircraft An-132”,- said director general of Ukroboronprom Roman Romanov. The AN-132D will be the first prototype of the A-132 turboprop light transport aircraft, which is slated to replace the AN-32 and AN-26. The […]

Saudi Arabia has reached a deal to buy the new generation of 6×6 multirole armoured vehicles designed and manufactured by the French Defense Company Nexter Systems S.A. (part of KNDS). That was reported by www.latribune.fr. Riyadh plans to equip two brigades of Saudi land forces with new French TITUS  armored vehicles and towed guns 155 mm […]

The U.S. State Department has  approved a 1.15 billion sale of  133 M1A2S main battle tanks and related equipment to Saudi Arabia under the Foreign Military Sales program. That was reported  at Department of State daily press briefing with Elizabeth Trudeau, Director, Office of Press Relations,  August 9, 2016. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which implements foreign arms sales, […]

Saudi Arabia is discussing buying Ukrainian-made «Grom-2» tactical missile systems, according to the press service of the Pavlograd Chemical Plant. Ukraine’s defense companies have received from Saudi Arabia around $40 million to develop the Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile system, Ukrainian media reported. Ukraine will perform the first test launch of new tactical missile systems in the […]

Two Saudi pilots were killed when their AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed  in Yemen. Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said that two Saudi pilots died when their helicopter crashed “due to weather conditions,” though it did not specify where in Yemen the crash occurred. The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Ansar Allah group has deployed AH-64 Apache attack […]

Saudi Arabia may buy Ukrainian Falarick gun-launched anti-tank guided missiles for its new VAB Mark 3 armored personnel carrier equipped with Cockerill CSE 90LP and LCTS 90MP turrets. Saudi Arabia is set to receive 100 VAB Mk3 6X6 armored personnel carriers and a part of combat vehicles can be equipped with Belgian Cockerill CSE 90LP or  LCTS 90MP turret which […]

According to the DPA news agency, German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has informed the German parliament on the decision on the issue after a closed-door meeting of the Federal Security Council. In early 2015, the German Federal Security Council authorized the partial resumption of exports of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, previously suspended due to unstable situation in the Middle East. Germany’s […]